Question Need help figuring out if CPU really is overheating ?

May 14, 2023
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So my PC is ~ 2 years old. Recently whenever I play a video game, my monitor turns black, the fans make a lot of noise but I can still hear the audio. I have to force shut down my pc everytime to fix this issue. I've checked the event viewer and found this warning amongst other DistributedCOM warnings:

Log Name: System
Source: Display
Date: 5/13/2023 9:43:48 PM
Event ID: 4101
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-GFGDDC0
Description:
Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.


I assumed it was an Nvidia driver issue, so I used DDU and performed a clean install, which did not help.
I had the same issue today except when I force restarted my PC i got this notification on boot:

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I then checked my CPU temps while gaming using HWinfo and theyre ~80c and idle temp is ~55c. Is my CPU overheating? If so why did the display driver warning show up on the event viewer.
 
May 14, 2023
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Hello and welcome!

Please list all PC specs so we can further assess your issue.
Sure!
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Mobo: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI (MS-7C95)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (GA103) [Zotac]

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB 3200MHz F4-3200C16S-16GVK

SSD: Adata XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 NVMe AGAMMIXS5-512GT-C

HDD: 1TB WD Blue Caviar

PSU: Antec Neo Eco 650M V2 650 Watt 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular NE650M-V2

Monitor: ViewSonic Vx2458-C-Mhd